JLPT N5 · Telling time

一分

いっぷん

one minute

Stroke order of 一分

2 characters, 5 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

一 · 1 strokes分 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

分 is a knife 刀 splitting 八 apart, cutting an hour into one minute 一.

Parts: 一 one + 分 minute

The characters in 一分

一いち — one (1 strokes)

Example sentence

一分待ってください。

いっぷんまってください。

Please wait one minute.

Words with 一

一one 一つone (thing)一人one person; alone 一万ten thousand 一万円10,000 yen 一本one (long thing)一枚one (flat thing)一冊one (book)一台one (machine; vehicle)一匹one (small animal)一杯one cup; full 一回once; one time 一階first floor 一番number one; best; most 一時one o'clock 一時間one hour 一週間one week 一年one year

Words with 分

半分half 三分three minutes 五分five minutes 三十分thirty minutes 何分how many minutes 分かるto understand 自分oneself 気分feeling; mood 多分probably 分別sorting (garbage)分割division; installments 十分enough; sufficient 余分extra; surplus 大部分most; greater part 部分part; portion 分数fraction 分析analysis 分子molecule

More words: Telling time

一時one o'clock 四時four o'clock 七時seven o'clock 九時nine o'clock 何時what time 三分three minutes 五分five minutes 三十分thirty minutes 何分how many minutes 一時間one hour 一週間one week 一年one year

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